European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                 monday october 8,1986 the stars and stripes . Automakers sales Rise 5. Detroit up the nation s Fop armaker in a final bid spearheaded by general motors corp. To move out left Over vehicles officially closed out the in ski Model year by reporting a 5.8 per cent gain in new car sales for september. Bui despite a buying year almost completely covered by incentive pro Grams such As rebates and record Low finance rates they failed to match last year s record totals by a scant 325,000units because of declines by the top two manufacturers pm and Ford motor co. For september the seven companies pm Ford Chrysler corp., Honda motor corp., american motors corp.,Volkswagen of America and Nissan motor manufacturing .a., reported combined sales Friday of 924,9l9cars in the United Stales up 5.8 percent on Adaily rate basis from 839,382 units sold in the year ago month. An estimated 290,000 imports wire sold during september of about 27 per cent from a year ago. They accounted Fara 23.9 percent share of the . Market on the basis of the Model year which for 1986, began last october . Auto makers alone sold 8,059,080 cars 3.9 per cent below the 8,183,444 can sold during the 1985-modd year. The record for . Models alone also was set in 1973, with 10million cars sold thai Model year. For the Model year imports broke he 3million Barrier for the first time to sell a record 3.1 million cars to the United states. Overall Domestic and import car Sale for the Model year totalled about 11,195,000 units just above the11,059,279 the year before when imports accounted for 24.2 percent of the Domestic Market. The record was set during Model year 1973, when 11.8 million Doc St an imported vehicles were sold. Combined with truck sales approach ing 4.8 million units another Industry record total vehicle sales for he pre Vious 12 months were estimated at a re Cord 16 million units. Although the Industry traditionally calculates the Model year totals at this tune cars from three Model years were sold Dur ing the period leftover 1985s, 1986s, and some 1987-models introduced by rank Era such As Nissan prior to october. The daily rate for Domestic new Cartales last month translated into 36,997 cats per Day a record for any septem Ber but still shy of the Overall record reached in May 1973. The latest figure compared with 34,974 curs per Day in the year ago month. The annual Rale for the Industry Dur ing the month was 11.5 million can compared with 10.8 million last year. Sofar for Calendar year 1986, the firms have sold nearly 6.4 million cars down2.2 percent from the More than 6.3 Mil lion units sold in the comparable 1985  the month. Pm s sales Rose 7.7 percent while Ford posted an  per cent decline. Chrysler s sales Rose 23.8 percent from year ago Levels. Among the smaller companies a Csoka were Down 12.4 percent. Sales of Honda s .-Buitt models Only were up74.8 percent while Volkswagen s Domestic made models showed a 9,2 percent decline. Nissan which recently started up production of its 1987-Model sentry Pas Senger car at its Smyrna term., Plant pos Ted a 26.3 percent decline. For the May period of sept. 21-30,Domestic automakers sold 261,603 units off 16.7 percent from the 314,120 unit told by All . Car makers in the year ago  were eight Selling Days in Boih the latest and the year ago  daily Selling rate of 32,700 cars com pared with 39,265 Lor the same period Las year. The Industry record for any idling period was set during this period m 1972,when 53.9s9 cars a Day found new Homes. The annual rate for the Industry Dur ing the period was 8.2 million cars com pared with a Strong 9. It million last  the period pm s sales were off 19.9 percent while Ford s decreased 19.9percent Chrysler showed a 7.7 percent  reported a 13.5 percent decline in sates Honda posted a 100.3 percent in crease aided by Domestic production of More Model types. Vows sales were off 1.9percent. Nissan s sales decreased 14.9 per cent. Ifaf be conf race averts strike at Roeii i the Boeing co. And Union negotiators read Ltd tentative agreement Friday on a new three Yea con Rel for 40,000 machinists in three states averting  Midnight so Rick. While the contras Calls for substantial improvements Over the 19s4agreement, there Are some disappointments in there jew therefore i cannot recommend the contract to Theta membership said Tom Baker president of the Seattle Bwl of the International association of machinists  workers District 751. Taker declined to say whether the a rfcs would recommend that members reject the proposal which was scheduled to be voted on saturday by 28,od\workers in the puget sound area  in Portland Oloc and10,000 in Wichita Kan. We will have to go through it in detail Terril item with the membership and allow them to make that judgment Baker said. We will Tell them the Good of it and the bad of  also denied telling reporters that he proposed contract hammered out in Marathon sessions assisted by a Federal mediator Calls for up to 10 percent in raises Over three years 5 percent the first 3 percent the second and 2 percent the third. I would love to Tell you How much the wages Are but it s Only fair 1 Wail until i Tell the membership he  spokesmen also refused to comment on the proposed  mediator Doug Hammond was called in wednesday when talks hit a  earned $566 million during 1985, up sharply from the j390 million earned in 1984 and up even More sharply from the $292 Millionth company has received $26 Billia plane orders in the past 12 months the machinists sought wage a gases to capitalize on huge Boeing profits Lasij Fand expected again this year and to train finale to lie Rcd wage scale implemented in 1983, it also sought by the Funion were Cost of living allow ances pension Pav ptts and health insurance. Negotiations also going on with the Seattle professional Juji meeting employees association that represents a pal 14,000 engineers and 10,000 technicians in Sefra Boeing plants in the puget sound. Sunik pay Fot Boeing machinists has ranged from$7.57j hour for Grade i  for Grade 11, but wit Veach Grade the company instituted a second of Lief As part of the contract approved in 1983. Indic up wipers report sought revenge similar outlooks Appolo hut Sudhu Lhasa Arus Noo after winning a Toj Ana a meet  . I India a the Manthe unsuccessful attempt on the life Bic minister Rajiv Gandhi apparel Man cd to avenge the death of a Friend i Elled in anti sikh riots two years ago Indi an newspapers reported saturday. L the suspect a Ranvil Singh was re. Kid cd to police custody for 21 Days off Lyciy by a metropolitan magistrate. He is a Flor held for investigation pending the Fum of charges. Gabon escaped injury on thursday when a Tol gunman fired at him with a homemade stud As the prime minister was leaving  in the capital. The Indian Bonss the nation s larg est English Languall Giuily quoted police sources As saying theft acers Friend was killed in new Delhi in or that followed the assassination of gains Mother prime minister Indira Ganall nearly two years ago. The riots took it wives of More than 2,000 people most Orlf Cem sikhs in new Delhi. Mrs. Gandhi was slain by two of sikh bodyguards to avenge the blo.-., army raid on the Golden Temple in Amritsar to drive sikh militants from Sik hism s holiest  Hindustan times identified the riot victim and alleged Friend of the assassination attempt suspect As a sikh named Baldev  paper also quoted investigators As saying the suspect bad planned to try to kill lie prune minister during India s Independence Day celebrations aug. 15 but  end secure cover at new Delhi s red fort where the rally was held. New details also emerged saturday about Karamjit Singh s  26-year-old is said to be a native of Sun am Village in Sang rur District i South Central Punjab state the sikh heartland. The Village is 78 Miles South West of the Punjab capital Ai Chandigarh. The express identified him As a sikh and said he had Cut his hair after his Friend was killed in the new Delhi  Singh was not wearing the customary sikh turban Long hair an Beard at the time of Hii arrest. Police officials initially said he was not a sikh but investigators later said they were looking into his possible links to sikh militant groups. Militant sikhs have been waging four year guerrilla Campaign in Punjab state for the creation or an Independent sikh Homeland. More than $30 people have been killed this year in political Vio Lence in Punjab. Extremist sikhs have issued numerous threats against Gandhi whom they accuse of repressive anti sikh  papers said that the suspect s Faer Amar Singh who runs a  in Sinnam was being ques Lin the  papers suggested that Karam Jil sing Rico was unemployed was Parton a corp prey to kill the prime minister. The Hinch fun times said there were reports that bad been trained in terrorist tactics by i gov comment array deserters after the Delhi riots. Police sources have cd that Kararo using spent at least 7aurs Bidden in the Raj Ghat Park prior Ilion attempt